Why is Delta Air Lines striking?

Contract talks between airlines and labor unions have been fraught at times, as aviators seek higher pay and better schedules. Delta's pilots last year voted in favor of allowing the union to authorize a strike when contract talks hadn't yielded an agreement, and the airline's pilots picketed several times.



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Why are pilots threatening to strike? The two main reasons are pilots' demands for higher pay and better schedules. American Airlines executives are under pressure to match or beat the pay terms Delta Air Lines gave its pilots earlier this year — a 34% raise over a four-year contract.

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Despite an unprecedented hiring spree, Delta still regularly doesn't have enough pilots or flight attendants ready to operate all its flights when things go wrong. Throw in a bad storm during a busy travel week, and things can fall apart quickly.

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So, why is Delta canceling flights? Staffing issues. A shortage in airline staff as well as an overtaxed air traffic control system means that when weather disrupts the air travel system, the dominoes can fall pretty quickly.

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This situation is caused mainly by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent slowing of hiring and training, as well as the early retirement of thousands of pilots.

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Sometimes, travel strikes may mean that your travel will be delayed for a few hours, or even have your flights cancelled. Although usually the strike dates are announced well in advance, sometimes airlines won't announce which flights will be cancelled until last minute, making it difficult for you to know what to do.

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The estimated total pay for a Airline Pilot at Delta Air Lines is $172,083 per year. This number represents the median, which is the midpoint of the ranges from our proprietary Total Pay Estimate model and based on salaries collected from our users. The estimated base pay is $115,617 per year.

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Under U.S. law, airline and railroad workers can't legally strike, and companies can't lock them out, until federal mediators determine that further negotiations are pointless.

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Delta Air Lines is a global commercial airline. Nearly 200 million passengers fly to over 300 destinations in 50 countries. Currently, Delta has over 13,000 pilots. Read on to learn how much you could earn on a Delta Air Lines pilot salary.

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But the law allows the president to step in at the last moment and order workers to stay on the job for a months-long “cooling off periods” while a presidential panel comes up with recommendations as to how to settle the deadlock.

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If you book a flight which is disrupted because of an airline strike, the airlines may owe you compensation to make up for the inconvenience. That's because under a piece of EU law called EC 261, airlines are required to compensate passengers for flight disruptions that they are responsible for.

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Continental Growth In the 2019 outlook, CAE reported the need for more than 91,000 pilots in Asia Pacific, 65,000 pilots in North America, 16,000 in South America, 42,000 in Europe, 25,000 in the Middle East, and 4,000 in Africa.

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These include:
  • Iran.
  • Lebanon.
  • Syria.
  • Iraq.
  • Pakistan.
  • Libya.
  • Tunisia.
  • Malaysia.


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Despite what many people believe, the answer actually has nothing to do with safety. The real answer is because going north may actually provide a shorter route. This is called Great Circle Navigation. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest route between two locations may appear much longer on a flat map.

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Most On-Time Major U.S. Airline Delta is the most on-time airline in the U.S. It's just that simple. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 83% of Delta flights arrived on time in 2022 – more than 3 percentage points higher than its U.S. competitors.

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